Can adequate child support be legislated? Responses to guidelines and enforcement

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 463-479

  Argys, Laura M ^a   Peters, H Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0043071584     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg021     Document Type: Article

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